Are You Up to Your Assets in MRO Parts?
Published May 31, 2013
Do you get tired of hearing from old goats about, “the ‘ole days”?…”this is how we did it in my day”? Funny thing, storerooms function the same within MRO operations as they did 50 years ago (was that really, “my day”?) Most companies have not made a dent in the MRO asset inventory problem, AND […]Read the full blog post at MyPurchasingCenter.com
What Food Manufacturers Need From MRO for a Reliable Plant
Published May 14, 2013
There are maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) surveys that show that “quick response and product knowledge” combine for over 75 percent of what was important to plant management; price is less than 8 percent of the consideration and fulfillment programs just 3 percent. Most company managers say that service and knowledge outranks price when, in […]Read the full blog post at FoodManufacturing.com
Lower Price, Higher Cost: A Real-Life Case Study
Published April 26, 2013
In a recently conducted study of total MRO costs and consumption for a manufacturing company, a comparison was made of pricing and service response (on-time delivery, etc.) from local suppliers vs. pricing and service response from LTAs (Long-Term Agreements). MRO stands for Maintenance, Repair, Operations–the goods and services that keep a facility up and running. […]Read Full Post
Learning the Complex World of MRO
Published March 25, 2013
A plant manager in South Carolina was so incensed over the lack of availability of MRO parts that he placed all routine MRO in free access areas. The only parts he locked up were high-value, critical OEM SKUs. Of course, the MRO spend soared; however, the plant manager saw no alternative. Subsequently, a 3PMRO provider […]Read Full Post
A Devil’s Advocate’s Canard
Published December 12, 2012
In a recent presentation to an organization of reliability professionals, I put forth an educational concept that could release optimum value from the total cost of MRO operations. My talk included how to predict the future effect of MRO pricing on total cost of ownership and how to achieve positive effects for Maintenance’s ability to […]Read Full Post